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26.0.50; file-notify-rm-watch removes arbitrary watches

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Message #137 received at 26126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Andreas Politz <politza <at> hochschule-trier.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 26126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26126: 26.0.50; file-notify-rm-watch removes arbitrary watches
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:50:53 +0100

Andreas Politz <politza <at> hochschule-trier.de> writes:

Hi Andreas,

> I just wanted to add, that file-handler do not necessarily have to refer
> to files, e.g. think of a /proc kind of handler making internal Emacs
> state available via filenames. 

I don't understand. File name handlers in Emacs provide alternative
implementations of basic file manipulation operations, see the list in
(info "(elisp) Magic File Names")

Do you propose to add a new file name handler for the "/proc" virtual
file system?

> -ap

Best regards, Michael.

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